Batchpatch shows patch success but Windows shows error

[jmp242]

I used BatchPatch to target a Windows 10 2019 LTSC computer that points to an internal WSUS server. Batchpatch found 3 patches, claims install success. When logged into the Windows 10 computer, it shows several failed patches.

[doug]

Have a look at the details printed in the ‘Remote Agent Log’ column. You can also view this info in the BatchPatch.log file in the remote working directory on the target computer (default location is C:\Program Files\BatchPatch\BatchPatch.log). This will show the details of what installed successfully and what didn’t. Normally if some updates are successfully installed but others fail, then BatchPatch reports “Succeeded with errors” not “Succeeded” and not “Success”. If BP reported “Succeeded” or “Success” without mentioning any errors, then probably what you are seeing on the computer is not related to the work that BP performed.

[jmp242]

That makes sense – is there a way to have BatchPatch try and install any pending updates (I thought that is what it would do)? Or if BatchPatch is done (with the download + Install + Reboot) is Windows up to date and the errors on older cumulative updates irrelevant?

[doug]

is there a way to have BatchPatch try and install any pending updates

I’m not really sure what you mean here. BatchPatch installs Windows Updates. That’s what it does.

Or if BatchPatch is done (with the download + Install + Reboot) is Windows up to date and the errors on older cumulative updates irrelevant?

BatchPatch can report which updates are available to download/install for a given target computer, and BatchPatch can download/install those updates. If BatchPatch is reporting that there are no available updates… then it means that based on your current settings/configuration/filters, and based on what your WSUS has approved for installation, there are no available updates for the target computer. In general, with Windows, if you do not install a cumulative update for one month, but then you install the next month’s cumulative update, there would no longer be a need to install the previous month’s missed cumulative update, and under most circumstances BatchPatch would not report that previous month’s cumulative update as available for installation. If BP is reporting it as available/needed, then that means Windows is reporting is as available/needed.

Windows update installation filters that can affect what BatchPatch finds as available and what BatchPatch downloads/installs:

https://batchpatch.com/windows-update-installation-filters

https://batchpatch.com/filter-which-available-updates-are-included-or-excluded-when-downloading-or-installing-windows-updates

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